CVE-2025-12540

ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Google Analytics Data Exposure

2026-01-06 19:59

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics
Affected Version: <= 3.2.4
CVSS: 4.7Medium
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2025-12540

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At a glance

CVE-2025-12540 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.2.4. It carries a CVSS score of 4.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed January 2026, reported by ifoundbug.

Vulnerability Overview

The ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This is due to the Google Analytics client_ID and client_secret being stored in plaintext in the publicly visible plugin source. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to craft a link to the sharethis.com server, which will share an authorization token for Google Analytics with a malicious website, if the attacker can trick an administrator logged into the website and Google Analytics to click the link.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics <= 3.2.4 takes no account at all. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics yet, so installs running <= 3.2.4 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12540 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6781dcc5-db95-43ca-9042-a3c05414b7e6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12540

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics

CVSS Vector

4.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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